Structure determination of the human TRPV1 ankyrin-repeat domain under nonreducing conditions.

Miki Tanaka, Kaori Hayakawa, Nozomi Ogawa, Tatsuki Kurokawa, Kenichi Kitanishi, Kenji Ite, Toshitaka Matsui, Yasuo Mori, Masaki Unno

Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications 2020 Mar 01

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TRPV1, a member of the transient receptor potential (TRP) channels family, has been found to be involved in redox sensing. The crystal structure of the human TRPV1 ankyrin-repeat domain (TRPV1-ARD) was determined at 4.5 Å resolution under nonreducing conditions. This is the first report of the crystal structure of a ligand-free form of TRPV1-ARD and in particular of the human homologue. The structure showed a unique conformation in finger loop 3 near Cys258, which is most likely to be involved in inter-subunit disulfide-bond formation. Also, in human TRPV1-ARD it was possible for solvent to access Cys258. This structural feature might be related to the high sensitivity of human TRPV1 to oxidants. ESI-MS revealed that Cys258 did not form an S-OH functionality even under nonreducing conditions.

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Miki Tanaka, Kaori Hayakawa, Nozomi Ogawa, Tatsuki Kurokawa, Kenichi Kitanishi, Kenji Ite, Toshitaka Matsui, Yasuo Mori, Masaki Unno. Structure determination of the human TRPV1 ankyrin-repeat domain under nonreducing conditions. Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications. 2020 Mar 01;76(Pt 3):130-137